Awards
- 1998: Lifetime Achievement Award, National Society of Newspaper Columnists
- 1998: Carey McWilliams Award (distinguished contributions to the understanding of American politics), American Political Science Association
- 1997: Goldman Lecturer on American Civilization and Government, Library of Congress
- 1993: Non-Fiction Book of the Year, PEN
- 1993: Book of the Year, Washington Monthly
- 1984: Peabody Award, Columbia University
- 1984: George Foster Peabody Award, for Red Star over Khyber, PBS,
- 1983: Columbia-Dupont Award, for Struggle for Birmingham, PBS,
- 1983: Book of the Year, Christopers
- 1982: Christopher Award
- 1980: Emmy, for Lights, Camera, Politics!, ABC News
- 1978: Silver Gavel, American Bar Association
- Literary Lion, New York Public Library
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